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It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully or carelessly break, injure or deface any building, machinery, apparatus, fixture, attachment or appurtenance of the Municipal Water Department. No person may deposit anything in a stop box or commit any act tending to obstruct or impair the intended use of any of the above mentioned property without the written permission of the Utilities Superintendent.
(Prior Code, § 3-119) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) Licensed plumber. It shall be unlawful for any plumber or pipefitter to do any work upon any of the pipes or appurtenances of the system of waterworks, or to make any connection with or extension of the supply pipes of any consumer taking water from said system until such plumber or pipefitter shall have first procured a license or permit from the municipality. All plumbing shall be done in the manner required by the Utilities Superintendent. Said licensed plumber shall be at all times subject to the inspection and approval of the Utilities Superintendent, and it shall be further unlawful to cover or conceal willfully any defective or unsatisfactory plumbing work.
(Prior Code, § 3-120)
(B) Time. All taps or plumbing work done on or to the municipal water system shall be done between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
(Prior Code, § 3-121)
Penalty, see § 10.99
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see Neb. RS 17-537
All house boilers shall be constructed with one or more air holes near the top of the inlet pipe and sufficiently strong to bear the pressure of the atmosphere under vacuum. The stop cocks and other appurtenances must be sufficiently strong to bear the pressure and run off the water in the mains. All persons taking water shall keep their own service pipes, stop cocks and apparatus in good repair and protect them from frost at their own expense and shall prevent all unnecessary waste of water.
(Prior Code, § 3-124)
To prevent the siphoning of water from a structure back into the municipal water system when it becomes necessary to disrupt water service and to prevent damage to customer’s property caused by such siphoning, all customers applying for new water service and all customers presently serviced may be required in the discretion of the Utilities Superintendent to have placed on the line a swing valve (backflow prevention device) of such size and at such location as is approved by the Utilities Superintendent. If a present customer is required to place a swing valve on his or her line, the Municipal Clerk or Utilities Superintendent shall give the property owner notice by personally serving written notice or by registered letter or certified mail, directed to the last known address of such owner or the agent of such owner, directing the placement of such swing valve. If within 30 days of mailing or giving such notice, the property owner fails or neglects to cause such placements to be made, the Utilities Superintendent may cause such work to be done and assess the cost upon the property served by such water line. Reasons for requiring swing valves includes, but is not limited to, installation of an underground sprinkler system, installation or replacement of a water heater and installation or replacement of a water softener.
(Prior Code, § 3-126)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see Neb. RS 17-537
(A) For the purpose of this section, WELLHEAD PROTECTION AREA means the surface and subsurface area surrounding a water well or well field, supplying a public water system, through which contaminants are reasonably likely to move toward and reach such water or well field.
(B) The city designates a Wellhead Protection Area for the purpose of protection of the public water supply system. The boundaries of the Wellhead Protection Area are delineated based upon a map prepared by the State Department of Environmental Quality, Wellhead Protection Program, dated September of 2019, which is on file at the office of the City Clerk and is available for public inspection.
(Prior Code, § 3-131) (Ord. 766, passed 6-9-1998; Ord. 898, passed 10-9-2012; Ord. 946, passed 10-8-2019)
(A) The city reserves the right to suspend the use of water for fountains, or for sprinkling yards, lawns and gardens, or for any other purpose whenever, in the opinion of the Mayor, the public exigency may require it. The Mayor is authorized and empowered to declare the existence of any emergency relating to the available water supply of the municipal water system, and to impose restrictions on the use of water during such emergency. Whenever the Mayor shall determine that the remaining available water supply is critically low, from whatever cause, the Mayor may declare the existence of an emergency and impose reasonable restrictions on the use of such water. It shall be unlawful for any person to fail to observe any such restriction so imposed by the Mayor; provided, that public announcement of such restriction has been made.
(B) The city may turn off the water supplied to the premises of any person who, after having been notified of the imposition of such emergency restrictions on the use of water, disregards such restrictions and such supply of water shall not again be turned on until the cost for turning the water off and turning the water on has been paid to the municipality.
(Prior Code, § 3-132) (Ord. 902, passed 5-14-2013) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) In addition to any other requirements of the ordinances of the municipality, any person wishing to connect to the public water supply system shall pay the costs of a backflow prevention device and the installation of such device on the supply pipe or service pipe as deemed necessary by the Utilities Superintendent. All installations shall be performed by a State Department of Health Grade VI certified water operator.
(B) The customer shall retain ownership of the backflow prevention device, and it shall be the responsibility of the customer to maintain and keep the device in good repair as determined by the Utilities Superintendent.
(C) The customer shall allow the municipality at least one time annually to test the backflow prevention device, at the customer’s expense, if the device is equipped with a test port. Alternatively, such customer may certify to the municipality at least one time annually that the backflow prevention device has been duly tested as required herein, if the device is equipped with a test port. All testing shall be performed by a State Department of Health Grade VI certified water operator.
(D) All certifications shall be made on a form available at the office of the Municipal Clerk, and a record of such tests shall be kept on file at the office of the Municipal Clerk as may be required by law.
(Prior Code, § 3-130) (Ord. 694, passed 8-1-1995)
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